Hello All, Armed Forces Leaver looking to break into the industry/

[Ch4 plumbing]

Welcome along mate, I'm ex PWRR and self employed, I had funding for some of my apprenticeship then had to fund the rest!
Good luck and if you have friends in the trade then that's a bonus.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Sign in when posting dude, it gets your post count up

 

[lame plumber]

not down chivenor way by any chance, if you were you could buy me a pint and I could offer advice.

 

[Ermintrude]

Im sorry to hear you a mackem. Good-luck . Your gonna be local to us.

 

[Bomber]

not down chivenor way by any chance, if you were you could buy me a pint and I could offer advice.

No not at Chivenor not, was there in 2006 though.

 

[Bomber]

Im sorry to hear you a mackem. Good-luck . Your gonna be local to us.

Yeah, the mackem has caused some issues, but on the plus side, at least Im not a geordie.
Hoping to operate in the North east, but will see where life takes me. Got my training, booked in from August so will see what happens from there.

 

[Bomber]

Hiya mate, I left the Army, so might be different but I used my Enchanced Learning Credits for my NVQ3 courses and my ACS. As I was over 25 I wasn't able to get apprentice funding and had to pay myself.
Best advise is to email / call around your area to see if any engineers need an apprentice. I'm sure they would rather take a 12 year RM than a spotty 16 year old. Be prepared for s**t pay at first tho!!

Thanks mate, Ive got a couple of people I know in the building trade and a couple of gas engineers I know. I have training booked from August, so hopefully I should have done my ACS and be gas safe registered by Christmas.